Felipe Perrone
Spanish water polo player (born 1986)
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Felipe Perrone Rocha[a][1] (born 27 February 1986) is a Brazilian-born Spanish former water polo player. Born in Brazil, he competed for Spain from 2003 until 2013, including in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Afterwards he competed for his birth country in the 2016 Summer Olympics, as Brazil earned its first qualifying spot in 32 years as hosts.[2] He helped Spanish water polo club CN Atlètic-Barceloneta win the LEN Champions League in 2013–14 season. His brother Ricardo Perrone also competed for Spain in water polo.[2]
He retired from water-polo as a player after the gold-medal final game at the 2025 World Water Polo Championships held in Singapore, winning the gold medal with the Spain national team.[3]
Personal life
While playing for Jug Dubrovnik, Perrone married the Croatian Marija Pecotić from Brna on the island of Korčula.[4]
Honours
Club
CN Barcelona
- LEN Euro Cup: 2003–04
- Spanish Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05
- Copa del Rey: 2002–03
CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
- LEN Champions League: 2013–14
- LEN Super Cup: 2014
- Spanish Championship: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Copa del Rey: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Supercopa de España: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019
- Copa de Cataluña: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Pro Recco
- LEN Champions League: 2011–12 ; runners-up: 2010–11
- LEN Super Cup: 2012
- Serie A1: 2010–11, 2011–12
- Coppa Italia: 2010–11
- Adriatic League: 2011–12
Jug Dubrovnik
- LEN Champions League: 2015–16 ; runners-up: 2016–17
- LEN Super Cup: 2016
- Croatian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17
- Croatian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17
- Adriatic League: 2015–16, 2016–17
Awards
- FINA "World Player of the Year" award: 2022
- Total-waterpolo magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2018[5]
- Member of the Second World Team of the Year's 2010–20 by total-waterpolo[6]
- Member of World Team 2018,[7] 2023 by total-waterpolo
- Olympic Games 2008 Team of the Tournament
- Olympic Games 2012 Team of the Tournament
- World League MVP: 2012 Almaty
- Adriatic League MVP: 2015–16 with Jug Dubrovnik
- Adriatic League Top Scorer: 2015–16 with Jug Dubrovnik
- LEN Champions League Top Scorer (2): 2012–13 with Atlètic-Barceloneta, 2016–17[8] with Jug Dubrovnik
- LEN Champions Final Six MVP (2): 2015 with Atlètic-Barceloneta, 2016 with Jug Dubrovnik
- LEN Champions League MVP: 2016–17
- LEN Champions League Left Driver of the Year (3): 2015–16 , 2016–17 with Jug Dubrovnik, 2022–23 with Atlètic-Barceloneta
- Spanish Championship MVP (4): 2005–06[9] 2009–10,[10] 2012–13,[11] 2020–21[12] with Atlètic-Barceloneta
- World Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023
See also
Notes
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Perrone and the second or maternal family name is Rocha.
